Web Design Color Tips

1. The text and the background colors need to contrast. This increases readability
2. Limit your color palette to three or four colors
3. Pick a palette that fits that material - use your photos or your graphics to guide you
4. Avoid overly saturated colors

Does Color matter in web design?

The primary object of most web projects, is the communication of ideas. Successful communication depends on a variety of factors, including the use of good colors as visual clues. Color choice can facilitate a better users experience by lending visual clues to the user, enhancing the web experience. It is important to examine your color choices. The best place to start a discussion about colors and web development is probably with the color wheel.

Color is the physical sensation that we experience when an object absorbs and reflects wavelengths of light. Color detection is facilitated by photoreceptors in our eyes. But perception of each color is influenced by many factors including the individuals ability to detect a color, material adjacent to the color and the viewers emotional response to color. Choosing the proper colors for your web design can be a complex decision

Color is an integral part of design. It can facilitate communication or detract from it. As such, color choice is an important step in web development.

The Visual Color Wheel and Color Models  >